KPPSC Arabic PMS Syllabus

Paper IMarks – 100
1. The Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature
2. The Quran, its language, contents and style, its influence on the subsequent literature
3. Quranic semantics and etymology with special reference to Ibn Manzoor’s Lisan al’Arab and
Raghib al-Asfahani’s Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran
4. Literary history and literary criticism – literary movements, classical background, socio-cultural
influences and modern trends, origin and development of modern literary genres, including
drama, novel, short story, essay
5. Contribution of Arabs in the fields of science, philosophy and linguistics with special reference to
views of Ibn Khaldun, Al Bairuni, al-Jahiz, Ibn Maskawaih, Ibn Maja, Al-Kasai and Sebawaih
6. A short introduction to Pakistan Arabic literature in the fields of prose and poetry
7. The contemporary Arabic literature in Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq with special emphasis on the
literature of al-Mahjer and its outstanding representatives such as Jabran Khalil Jabran, Ilia Abu
Mehdi, Mekhail Naeema and Umer Abu Risha
8. A short Essay in Arabic
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the
candidates’ critical ability